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30 July 2026


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CONGRATULAZIONI RICOTINA !!!
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The opening leg of the Rounding the New World series began with a remarkable consensus on strategy, as almost the entire fleet initially followed the rhumb line. That unity lasted for only about six hours before the first boats gybed southwest. Three hours later, the main fleet followed suit. These early decisions produced the two strategies that would ultimately dominate the race. Between them sailed a smaller group of "rhumb-line riders," who enjoyed the early advantage and led the fleet for the first four days. By Day 5, the eastern group had taken over the lead and managed to stay in front for the next 24 hours. The following day, however, the western fleet caught up and moved ahead. From that point onward, they never relinquished the lead.

Throughout most of the race, the eastern and western groups remained remarkably close, rarely more than 30 nautical miles apart. Yet their different angles gradually paid dividends, and after 14 days the western fleet converged approximately 250 nautical miles ahead of the main eastern group. The race result reflected the success of the western strategy. Western-route boats claimed seven of the top eight finishing positions, with the only exception being the skipper who finished fourth, having followed a completely independent routing strategy. The eastern group filled positions 8 through 13.

The eventual winner had effectively secured victory by Day 11, but the battle for the remaining podium places was far from settled. A closely fought duel for second place continued for another week before finally being decided on Day 17, providing an exciting finish to an outstanding opening leg. All in all, 97 parties participated, of which 66 started on time, while 68 managed reach the finish line, at the time of writing. Longest distance sailed, 7791 nm, at #37, while shortest sailed 5718 reached pos. 49.

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